Post Match Warriors v Roosters - [Round 3, 2025]

[jonesy101]

He had 7 tackle breaks but there were 7 forwards from both teams who made more run meters than him, with others imo having much more impact on the game than he did. Whyte had more meters and tackles and scored a try...I dunno it just shits me when we're duped like that.

Whyte was the one everyone was talking about after the game. Definitely had the more noticeable impact.

 

[jonesy101]

And while we are at it to quote Kanye SJs 2023 season was the best of all time and it's a travesty he didn't get it.

 

[FormerlyJamesW]

Full replay is up on Youtube:


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dlb1O5RY9hM&ab_channel=NRL-NationalRugbyLeague

 

[Wrighty]

Excluding Teams with byes

Points Against Defence

Team Against
1 Wests Tigers 34
2 Knights 46
3 Bulldogs 52
4 Sharks 52
5 Warriors 52
6 Sea Eagles 60
7 Broncos 62
8 Rabbitohs 65
9 Raiders 70
10 Dolphins 72
11 Panthers 90
12 Roosters 96
13 Cowboys 104
14 Eels 104

Points For Offence

Team For
1 Sea Eagles 98
2 Broncos 98
3 Sharks 85
4 Bulldogs 84
5 Panthers 84
6 Raiders 74
7 Wests Tigers 70
8 Warriors 58
9 Roosters 58
10 Rabbitohs 53
11 Dolphins 44
12 Knights 42
13 Cowboys 40
14 Eels 32

 

[wizard of Tauranga]

Dally M votes: Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad 6, Ali Leiataua 2, Marata Niukore 2, Spencer Leniu 1, James Tedesco 1.

Either both judges game Ali a 1 or one gave him no points

Felt Ali was more influential than Charnze - 2 tries; 2 line breaks, 5 tackle breaks, 114m and 17/18 tackles. All his plays, including defence had power and purpose and he changed the game (arguably won it) with 2 tries in a tight contest.

CNK was awesome don’t get me wrong but all effort without any game changing moments. Lots of metres but only 2 tackles.


Disclaimer: I’m a passionate member of the Ali fan club.

 

[Noitall]

View: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DHnOkGyxidf/?l=1&igsh=c3hxaWlmYWowcjJ6

Good analysis from SJ

 

[roguei]

Had a good watch of chad's brakedown of the warriors v roosters game and thought i'd post my thoughts from the video here.

• Apparently, we are one of the most deadly teams in the opposition 10, which is interesting.
• We played with a really high completion rate and ground them down.
• Something the Warriors did well—and that the roosters could learn from according to him—is straightening up our edges when a play isn’t working. For example, when attacking down the right-hand wing towards TT, if it's clear the play won’t work, they’d pull it back inside to Marata to straighten the attack. Instead of forcing the play and relying on individual brilliance or hoping for defensive errors, the warriors kept applying pressure and turning that into long won trys. Meanwhile, the Roosters tended to bet on making the play work no matter what.
• Chad made 42 tackles—the most he’s ever made in a game. For comparison, Victor only made 41, while Wong, his edge back-rower, made 54. Chad was the Roosters’ third-highest tackler, which shows how well the Warriors ground them down. Fatigue makes it much harder to play, and we need to apply that same pressure on Api and Luai when we face the Tigers. If we wear them down early, we can dominate the last 20 minutes.
• He also kept mentioning how hard it was because we constantly bombed into the corners, pinning their wingers inside the first 10 meters. That made it nearly impossible for them to start an attacking set in the red zone.

Do give a geez at the analysis here. It's really interesting to get an educated take from a player who played in that game. Arugably one of the best sources for info on how the boys played last week.

 

[MrFrankWhite]

View: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DHnOkGyxidf/?l=1&igsh=c3hxaWlmYWowcjJ6

Good analysis from SJ

That’s why I was perplexed at people blaming CNK for missing the 40/20. He didn’t, we were missing that left winger.

 

[MrFrankWhite]

Had a good watch of chad's brakedown of the warriors v roosters game and thought i'd post my thoughts from the video here.

• Apparently, we are one of the most deadly teams in the opposition 10, which is interesting.
• We played with a really high completion rate and ground them down.
• Something the Warriors did well—and that the roosters could learn from according to him—is straightening up our edges when a play isn’t working. For example, when attacking down the right-hand wing towards TT, if it's clear the play won’t work, they’d pull it back inside to Marata to straighten the attack. Instead of forcing the play and relying on individual brilliance or hoping for defensive errors, the warriors kept applying pressure and turning that into long won trys. Meanwhile, the Roosters tended to bet on making the play work no matter what.
• Chad made 42 tackles—the most he’s ever made in a game. For comparison, Victor only made 41, while Wong, his edge back-rower, made 54. Chad was the Roosters’ third-highest tackler, which shows how well the Warriors ground them down. Fatigue makes it much harder to play, and we need to apply that same pressure on Api and Luai when we face the Tigers. If we wear them down early, we can dominate the last 20 minutes.
• He also kept mentioning how hard it was because we constantly bombed into the corners, pinning their wingers inside the first 10 meters. That made it nearly impossible for them to start an attacking set in the red zone.

Do give a geez at the analysis here. It's really interesting to get an educated take from a player who played in that game. Arugably one of the best sources for info on how the boys played last week

Man that’s some good footy analysis from Le Chad.

The point about his tackles vs Metcalf and CHT is interesting, especially considering this year is the first year in a while, that I feel like we are targeting players or weaknesses on the field.

The boys shredded Paseka and Jazz all game and there’s been other times we have attacked a weak link.

 

[wizard of Tauranga]

Man that’s some good footy analysis from Le Chad.

The point about his tackles vs Metcalf and CHT is interesting, especially considering this year is the first year in a while, that I feel like we are targeting players or weaknesses on the field.

The boys shredded Paseka and Jazz all game and there’s been other times we have attacked a weak link.

Seems the simplest play in the game to make the halves the highest tacklers in the opposition. Can’t understand why EVERY team doesn’t do it every week.

 

[John Nick]

Seems the simplest play in the game to make the halves the highest tacklers in the opposition. Can’t understand why EVERY team doesn’t do it every week.

Ponga was tried at 6 but because of the defensive workload and the danger of injury he was moved back to 1.
Normal ploy for most teams

 

[wizard of Tauranga]

Normal ploy for most teams

Normal play is to try to isolate the half and get a big second rower running at him. The half is still usually a player with amongst the least amount of overall tackles and under 20 per game.

The Warriors actually targeted the halfback to fatigue him with 43 tackles to Chad, not necessarily to score through him but to take him out as an attacking option because he was too stuffed.

Smart play Warriors.

 

[John Nick]

Normal play is to try to isolate the half and get a big second rower running at him. The half is still usually a player with amongst the least amount of overall tackles and under 20 per game.

The Warriors actually targeted the halfback to fatigue him with 43 tackles to Chad, not necessarily to score through him but to take him out as an attacking option because he was too stuffed.

Smart play Warriors.

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